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This book opens up an important field of mathematics at an elementary level, one in which the element of aesthetic pleasure, both in the shapes of the curves and in their mathematical relationships, is dominant. This book describes methods of drawing plane curves, beginning with conic sections (parabola, ellipse and hyperbola), and going on to cycloidal curves, spirals, glissettes, pedal curves, strophoids and so on. In general, 'envelope methods' are used. There are twenty-five full-page plates and over ninety smaller diagrams in the text. The book can be used in schools, but will also be a reference for draughtsmen and mechanical engineers. As a text on advanced plane geometry it should appeal to pure mathematicians with an interest in geometry, and to students for whom Euclidean geometry is t a principal study.

Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521044448

ISBN-139780521044448

eBay Product ID (ePID)96534566

Product Key Features

Number of Pages212 Pages

Publication NameBook of Curves

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

SubjectScience & Mathematics: Textbooks & Study Guides

TypeTextbook

AuthorE. H. Lockwood

Subject AreaMathematics

FormatTrade Paperback (Us), Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight13.8 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width7.4 in

Height246mm

Width189mm

Weight390g

Additional Product Features

Date of Publication04/12/2007

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Place of PublicationCambridge

Spine11mm

Country of PublicationUnited Kingdom

GenreScience & Mathematics: Textbooks & Study Guides

Content NoteIllustrations

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Book of Curves by E. H. Lockwood (Paperback, 2007)